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Here comes summer...'Summer Under the Stars,' that is
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 30, 2015
I confess that the expected (and confirmed) absence of Carole Lombard from this year's "Summer Under the Stars" schedule on Turner Classic Movies did little to spur interest in the event for me. (Her day came Aug. 10, one day after William Powell received a SUTS honor for the first time. Curiously, read more
Here comes summer...'Summer Under the Stars,' that is
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 30, 2015
I confess that the expected (and confirmed) absence of Carole Lombard from this year's "Summer Under the Stars" schedule on Turner Classic Movies did little to spur interest in the event for me. (Her day came Aug. 10, one day after William Powell received a SUTS honor for the first time. Curiously, read more
Can't see the movie? See the cigarette case
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 29, 2015
Take two honest-to-goodness cinematic legends, one who's been on a U.S. Postal Service stamp (Gary Cooper) and one who should be (Carole Lombard), make them leads in a film, and you'd have something nearly all of us would be able to see, right? Not in the case of 1931's "I Take This Woman."Rescued f read more
Can't see the movie? See the cigarette case
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 29, 2015
Take two honest-to-goodness cinematic legends, one who's been on a U.S. Postal Service stamp (Gary Cooper) and one who should be (Carole Lombard), make them leads in a film, and you'd have something nearly all of us would be able to see, right? Not in the case of 1931's "I Take This Woman."Rescued f read more
Plenty to 'Confess' about
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 28, 2015
That's a charming photo of Carole Lombard on the phone from "True Confession" (1937), her final film at Paramount. Even better, it's an original, and here's the snipe on the back:Six other images from that film also are up for auction, and here they are:That's Una Merkel -- every 1930s film heroine' read more
Plenty to 'Confess' about
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 28, 2015
That's a charming photo of Carole Lombard on the phone from "True Confession" (1937), her final film at Paramount. Even better, it's an original, and here's the snipe on the back:Six other images from that film also are up for auction, and here they are:That's Una Merkel -- every 1930s film heroine' read more
For the next two days, plenty of Mr. Powell
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 27, 2015
Carole Lombard is shown with new husband William Powell in June 1931, as they set sail for a Hawaii honeymoon only hours after they had tied the knot in Los Angeles. While the marriage ended little more than two years later, the friendship didn't, and Bill and Carole remained close for the rest of h read more
For the next two days, plenty of Mr. Powell
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 27, 2015
Carole Lombard is shown with new husband William Powell in June 1931, as they set sail for a Hawaii honeymoon only hours after they had tied the knot in Los Angeles. While the marriage ended little more than two years later, the friendship didn't, and Bill and Carole remained close for the rest of h read more
A 'White Woman' in sepia
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2015
This is an 8" x 10" original sepia print of Carole Lombard, held by Charles Laughton, from the 1933 Paramount potboiler "White Woman." The photo is said to be in fine condition.The image is selling for $95 at eBay, and will be available through 11:42 p.m. (Eastern) Tuesday. If you'd like to add this read more
A 'White Woman' in sepia
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2015
This is an 8" x 10" original sepia print of Carole Lombard, held by Charles Laughton, from the 1933 Paramount potboiler "White Woman." The photo is said to be in fine condition.The image is selling for $95 at eBay, and will be available through 11:42 p.m. (Eastern) Tuesday. If you'd like to add this read more
'True Confessions,' August 1934: Carole Lombard -- is she man-proof now?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 25, 2015
Three years and three months ago, we ran an entry titled "Meet the 'man-proof' Miss Lombard" (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/506358.html), which in part described a story on Carole Lombard that ran in the August 1934 issue of True Confessions, the wildly popular magazine owned by eccentric Ber read more
'True Confessions,' August 1934: Carole Lombard -- is she man-proof now?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 25, 2015
Three years and three months ago, we ran an entry titled "Meet the 'man-proof' Miss Lombard" (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/506358.html), which in part described a story on Carole Lombard that ran in the August 1934 issue of True Confessions, the wildly popular magazine owned by eccentric Ber read more
Kristin's starry birthday present
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 24, 2015
Carole Lombard and Kristin Chenoweth may be separated by several decades, and that Kristin is renowned for her singing and Carole had to be prodded into vocalizing (only in "Swing High, Swing Low," at the insistence of director Mitchell Leisen, did Lombard actually sing on screen rather than be dubb read more
Kristin's starry birthday present
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 24, 2015
Carole Lombard and Kristin Chenoweth may be separated by several decades, and that Kristin is renowned for her singing and Carole had to be prodded into vocalizing (only in "Swing High, Swing Low," at the insistence of director Mitchell Leisen, did Lombard actually sing on screen rather than be dubb read more
Tales from the pioneers of Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 23, 2015
When 12-year-old Jane Alice Peters, the future Carole Lombard, went before motion picture cameras for the first time in the summer of 1921 to make "A Perfect Crime," the industry of movies -- which she would come to know and cherish for the rest of her brief life, beginning about 1924 -- was undergo read more
Tales from the pioneers of Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 23, 2015
When 12-year-old Jane Alice Peters, the future Carole Lombard, went before motion picture cameras for the first time in the summer of 1921 to make "A Perfect Crime," the industry of movies -- which she would come to know and cherish for the rest of her brief life, beginning about 1924 -- was undergo read more
The appeal of Lombard is 'Transparent'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 22, 2015
The image above proves Carole Lombard could look gorgeous in male attire. That thought came up recently, when I happened to see this picture: That's the Carole Lombard Building on the Paramount Pictures lot, although an examination of a studio map from 2009 reveals it's in the section of the lot tha read more
The appeal of Lombard is 'Transparent'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 22, 2015
The image above proves Carole Lombard could look gorgeous in male attire. That thought came up recently, when I happened to see this picture: That's the Carole Lombard Building on the Paramount Pictures lot, although an examination of a studio map from 2009 reveals it's in the section of the lot tha read more
Do some 16mm 'Dressing'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 21, 2015
"We're Not Dressing," from the spring of 1934, is one of those Carole Lombard movies that's more fun than it's actually very good. Lombard's the leading lady for Bing Crosby, playing a sailor hired to run wealthy Lombard's yacht; when it's shipwrecked on a desert island, Bing turns the tables and cu read more
Do some 16mm 'Dressing'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 21, 2015
"We're Not Dressing," from the spring of 1934, is one of those Carole Lombard movies that's more fun than it's actually very good. Lombard's the leading lady for Bing Crosby, playing a sailor hired to run wealthy Lombard's yacht; when it's shipwrecked on a desert island, Bing turns the tables and cu read more